The Tanzania Chemical Society (TCS) was founded
and officially registered in 1997. TCS held its first Inaugural Conference
in 1999. To celebrate the International Year of Chemistry-2011 (IYC-2011),
TCS plans to conduct a number of activities including holding the Second
TCS International Conference. The conference will be held together with
the East and Southern Africa Environmental Chemistry Conference and The
Ninth Theoretical Chemistry Workshop in Africa. TCS plans to hold international
conferences regularly so as to promote interactions among scientists.

Other than the scientific activities TCS has organized
various social activites including visists to touristic destintions. Please
view the social programme section
for details on various packages availble for participants and accompnaying
persons before, during and after the conference.

Venue

Giraffe Ocean View Hotel offers a tranquil environment
a complete escape from the city noise to its habitat. The Hotel has a vast
expanse of the Indian Ocean along Mbezi beach, Dar es Salaam - Tanzania,
about 25 kilometers from Mwalimu J.K. Nyerere international airport and
15 minutes drive from the city centre.

The programme committee prefers that all oral presentations
be on power point. Power point projectors will be available in all the
halls. Power point presentations should be given to the program officer
in the form of CDs or flash disks.

Proceedings of the conference will be published. Soft
and hard copies of full papers should be submitted to the organising committee
by 7th October 2011, the last day of the conference. The whole
or part of the proceedings may be published in the IUPAC official journal
Pure
and Applied Chemistry.

Special confrence accommodation costs per day (single
and double rooms) including breakfast forGirraffe
Ocean View Hotelin Dar es Salaam. To get these conference special
rates please book through the conference organizers or quote the 2nd TCS
International Conferenc when making personal booking.

SingleUS$ 70Double US$ 90

Some other hotels near Girrafffe Ocean View Hotel include
Belinda Ocean Resort, Jangwani Sea Breeze and White Sands Hotel. Organizers
are willing to assits with contacts to these and other hotels in the city.

Travel Information

Tanzania is served by two International Airports. Dar
es Salaam Airport (Airport code DAR) and Kilimanjaro Airport (Airport code
JRO). There are also international flights between Nairobi (Kenya) and
Dar es Salaam. Please arrange with the hotel or your travel agent for airport
transfers. The official conferenc travel agent is Pongo
Safaris & Tours.

Visas

Visas have to be applied at the
nearest Tanzanian Embassy or High Commission. Some Commonwealth and Scandinavian
countries are excempted from visa applications. Otherwise a visa can be
obtained at entry points. For more detailed information about visa requirements,
excemptions etc. please click the following links:Tanzania
Visa Information

IUPAC sponsorship implies that
entry visas will be granted to all bona fide chemists, provided application
is made not less than six months in advance. If a visa is not granted two
months before the meeting, the Organizers and the IUPAC Secretariat should
be notified by the applicant.

Weather

The weather will be warm with temperature between 28-32
degrees celcius during the day.

Currency

The basic unit is the Tanzania shilling. The exchange
rate is about 1,500 Tanzanian shillings to 1 US dollar. Major credit cards
i.e. Visa, Mastercard and American Express are accepted in the big hotels
including Girraffe Ocean View Hotel. It is however advised to carry a sufficient
amount of cash/traveller’s cheques to avoid embarrassment since there are
many shops and service centres that deal only with cash. Foreign currencies
in cash or travellers cheques may be exchanged at commercial banks, international
airports, border posts and at bureaux de change which are many in the city.
Bureaux de Change accept all the major currencies. However, it is advisable
to use US dollars, Euros and Pound Sterling for good exchange rates.

Communication

Phone calls from hotels are very expensive. Hotels normally
charge US$ 20 for 3 minute as a minimum charge for international calls.
It is recommended that participants with digital cell phones consider the
possibility of using their phones in Tanzania. Internet and e-mail facilites
are available in major hotels and cafes around the city.

Social
Programme

Tanzania has more land devoted to National
Parks and Game Reserves than any other wildlife destination in the world.
Everything from the famous national parks, the remote game reserves and
the Crater Highlands, to pristine coral reefs are all protected by Government
Law and placed in trust for future generations.

Pongo
Safaris, the official travel agent of the conference, offers customized
and personal safaris to the most spectacular wildlife parks in mainland
Tanzania and encourage you to explore the “spice islands” of Zanzibar.

There will be a half day excursion to the ancient town
of Bagamoyo. Bagamoyo was the penultimate port for slave trade before shipping
them to Zanzibar and onto the world. The history rich town with ruins dating
back to 13th Century has brought about Swahili culture, civilization and
Worldwide Diasporas. The excursion will cost US$ 60 per person.